Shot-spreader



(No Model.)

H. E. WINANS.

SHOT SPREADER. No. 519,559. Patented May 8,1894.

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SHOTI-SPREADER'E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 519,559, dated. May 8, 1894.. I

. Application filed November 13, 1893- Serial No. 490,724. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern! Be it knownthat I, HENRY E. WINANS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shot-Spreaders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of thisinvention is to cause the shot to spread-or scatter as they leave the gun and thereby kill more game at each discharge of the piece than heretofore.

The invention consists in the improved detionof the parts thereof, as herein set forth and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in'which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures where they occur, Figure 1, representsa central vertical section of a cartridge embodying my improvement and Fig. 2, is a perspec tive view of the spreader. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the partitions or see- ;ions of the spreader, in the form shownin In said drawings, a designates the shell of I an ordinary cartridge, b the charge of pow"- der, c the shot, d, the wad and e, is one form of my improved spreader.

I usually make the spreader of paste-board and of two pieces, each cut in the form shown in Fig. 3, with an'opening, f, equal in width 40 to the thickness and extending from one end to the center'thereof, so that when pressed vice and in the arrangement and combinatogether they are in the form shown in Fig. 2, and are ready for use. The fastening-pin,

e, may or may not be used. They are in-- tended to fit the bore of the cartridge, orgun,

and to rest upon the wad and are long enough to reach to the top or nearly to the top of said cartridge, or charge of shot, as the case may be. The spreader, in this form when placed in position divides or separates the shot into four compartments, g, the result of which is that whenthe gun is discharged the shot will scatterin every direction and cover a very large space, thereby doing greater execution than the ordinary cartridges.

Though the spreader in the form shown may be made very quickly and at a minimum of expense I do not limit myself to such form as they may be so made as to form g; greater or lesser number of compartments will be '60 obvious; for examplez-theymight easily be made in three divisions, thus or in six divisions thus:-i without departing from the spirit of the invention as will be readily: understood, and the several partitions may be secured by suitable adhesive material or be made of metal or other material.

Having thus described my invention, what Isclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is- I In a cartridge, a shot spreader composed of a series of partitions intersecting Cwithand crossing one another to divide the shot-space into a multiplicity of compartments, as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my'hand this 7th day of November, 1893.

' HENRY INANS.

-Witnesses: qv y OLIVER DRAKE,

FREDRICK E. SINNOCK. 

